Hey guys, it's Rach. Welcome to your Sunday pep talk. This is a little something to get you going

before your week starts or wherever this happens to find you today. Okay, I want to tell you something

that you might not believe right now or that you might roll your eyes about because you feel

like you've heard this a million times before, but it is 100% true.

You don't need to be great to start, but you do need to start to become great.

Today's pep talk is for anyone who is standing at the base of their version of a mountain.

And they're looking up and they're feeling overwhelmed.

Whether your mountain is running or riding or healing or starting a business

or growing that business to the next level.

Maybe your mountain is getting sober, getting healthy, or

finding your joy again. I want to remind you, every big thing starts small. Every expert that

you admire, they were once a beginner. Every marathon, every marathon starts with mile one.

When I ran my first mile, this was back in middle school, right? Remember when they used to make us run

the mile and you had to try and get it for a certain time?

And I don't know why I felt like every kid in PE was just physically so much better than I was. I thought I was going to die.

And my mile took like 13 minutes and everybody else's mile was like six. I mean probably not, but that's what it felt

like to me. And I already felt uncomfortable in my body and I already was curvy when all the other

girls were slender and I already felt awkward and weird and now I couldn't run at the right pace

and I wasn't fast and when I crossed

that finish line my face was red and I was sweaty and I just immediately was like I am never doing

that again like if I don't have to do it to get a grade like I'm never running again. Fast forward to being a mama and I was

pregnant with my third baby and in no way did I see myself as an athlete, but I was really

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